Operation Deceiver

Operation Deceiver was a military operation launched by the United States during the Normandy breakout campaign of June 1944. The US Army broke out of the Normandy beachheads and cleared all Wehrmacht resistance from a railroad up to a nearby village,

History
Following the United States' landings in Normandy, the Allied Powers began devising a plan to break out of the beachheads and to advance into the countryside of France. The US Army followed a railway from the beaches to a nearby village, where they were ordered to clear all enemy resistance along the way. The Americans sent their riflemen forwards to secure the railroad, and they managed to push past the Wehrmacht troops sent to halt their advance. The main operation left 18 Wehrmacht troops and 15 American troops dead, with the Americans securing the path in front of them.